Convert TGZ to TAR
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Gzipped Tar File
| Extension | .tgz |
| Category | 🔵 archives |
| Programs | 🔵 Smith Micro Stuffit Deluxe 2010 🔵 WinRAR 5 🔵 Corel WinZip 18.5 🔵 Zipeg 🔵 Incredible Bee Archiver 🔵 Tar |
| Description | 🔵 Files with the .tgz extension originate from archived TAR files compressed with gzip—the compressed files sports an extension of either .tar.gz or .tgz. The TGZ format is created for use in UNIX-based systems. The constituent TAR file serves as an archive for multiple files before compression into TGZ. TGZ file format is commonly used as an installation module in some operating systems' executable installation files. |
| Technical details | 🔵 The TGZ file format was initially created by Mark Adler and Jean Loop Gaily, with the first release going public in 1992. TGZ was designed explicitly for use on the GNU project for open-source applications. The most recent update of the TGZ format was released in June 2013. The file format and its accompanying creator applications were developed to modify relatively large files. Relative to other common types of ZIP files, the TGZ files can store much larger data volume. Also, TGZ format differs from zipped files in that unlike the multiple files compressed to form .zip file types, .tgz files can only squeeze a single TAR archive file into TGZ. |
| MIME type | 🔵 application/x-gtar-compressed |
Consolidated Unix File Archive
| Extension | .tar |
| Category | 🔵 archives |
| Programs | 🔵 Apple Archive Utility 🔵 GNU Tar 🔵 StuffIt 🔵 WinZip |
| Description | 🔵 The TAR file was originally designed within the UNIX environment to support tape backup processes. It has since been utilized to consolidate numerous files into a single file for sharing or storage purposes and for file archiving. Additionally, TAR can be considered an application used for handling TAR files. |
| Technical details | 🔵 A TAR file refers to a collection of files combined into one, and this compression is typically not automatic. Applications such as gzip can be utilized to compress the entire TAR file. As a result, if compression is applied, the file extension is altered from .tar to .tar.gz. Nevertheless, the suffix would be determined by the type of compression employed. TAR files consist of around 512 bytes and a file header. |
| Developer | 🔵 The GNU Project |
| MIME type | 🔵 application/tar 🔵 application/x-tar 🔵 applicaton/x-gtar 🔵 multipart/x-tar 🔵 application/x-compress 🔵 application/x-compressed |